Made it to Expozine Saturday. Pretty overwhelming. Didn’t do my usual thing of snapping and talking to a lot of the people there, but the place was packed with artists and writers. Did a little video you can see below of turning in a circle with my camera: Took some shots of comic artists I […]
Posts Tagged ‘photos’
November 3, 2009
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Back from the Funeral
By Jack Ruttan in UncategorizedWe had the funeral for my Dad today, at Christ Church, our old family church in Calgary. A very nice Anglican Service. Lots of hymns, and I felt about 13 years of age trying to sing with them. The key was never right, and I was either grumbling basso, or trying to do falsetto. Never […]
October 31, 2009
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Bein’ an Extra
By Jack Ruttan in montreal, sketchesOne of the things I do, since writing gives me such a loose schedule, and I’ve been involved in movies and such, is play an extra, or “background performer” in local shoots. It’s kind of fun, if you don’t take it seriously, and you get a bit of money, and sometimes hobnob with stars, or […]
October 2, 2009
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Serveurs Sexy?
By Jack Ruttan in montrealRemember my note about the Laundromat on my street that closed? Well, the windows got whited out, and renovations have been going on. As I was going by on my bike a couple of weeks ago, I noticed a sign on the front door underneath the usual work permit: It reads: “Opening Soon: Restaurant – […]
September 24, 2009
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Car Free Day
By Jack Ruttan in cats, montreal, sketchesNeeded a day to recover, but I’m finally doing a post with images from our street session on Tuesday for the Metropolitan Transport Agency (AMT) to honour Car Free Day. Slide show of pictures is below. Click on one for information, or visit the flickr site to see the names of people, credits, etc. Remember, […]
Tags: Animals, black and white, cats, collaboration, comics, montreal, photos, sketches
September 20, 2009
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Montreal Comicon 2009
By Jack Ruttan in montrealYesterday, I visited the Montreal Comicon, at Place Bonaventure. Very stimulating. A lot of my comic-creating friends in both the franco and anglo communities were there, plus plenty of talented people I had never heard of. I took pictures, and the flickr photo set has names of most of the people, and links to their […]
August 9, 2009
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Worldcon Montreal, 2009 – what a night!
By Jack Ruttan in montreal, sketchesWent to my friend, Claude Lalumiere‘s launch, for his upcoming book of short stories: OBJECTS OF WORSHIP, at WORLDCON, the world Science Fiction / Fantasy convention, happening in Montreal this year. Funny, two-level suite at the Delta Hotel in downtown Montreal. So I shot this snap up top of Claude, and the book’s illustrator, Rupert […]
Tags: black and white, montreal, photos, sketches, wash
August 2, 2009
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2160 rue Bordeaux
By Jack Ruttan in montrealPiece of gyproc wall I photographed. It had been tossed out after renovations. Sorry I didn’t take a shot of the building. Maybe I’ll go back and get that. As i was doing this, a couple of guys walked by muttering words that included “kodak” and “malade” (crazy). I guess that’s accurate. Anyhow, here’s the […]
August 2, 2009
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Finishing Touches
By Jack Ruttan in montreal, ruttan's placeSara here is painting a stump, the last step in the “Ruelle Verte” project happening behind my apartment on rue de Rouen. “La Ruelita” is the name of the project, I guess. “The little alley.” “Thanks to the Sainte-Marie Eco-Quartier!” (the neighbourhood recycling and ecological org. responsible for the project) A spiral – traditional symbol […]
Tags: montreal, photos, Ruelle Verte, ruttan's place
July 28, 2009
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Old Soldiers Never Die…
By Jack Ruttan in montrealThe Staue of Maisonneuve was coming down (or going back up! – I don’t know) at Place d’Armes in Montreal. I was zipping by on my bike, back from a meeting, when I saw these statues being wrapped up and ported around. Interesting! (I hope!) Anyhow, here they are for your delectation. More in the […]
July 28, 2009
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Street Gardening Part Deux
By Jack Ruttan in montreal, ruttan's placeMore done on the back alley garden, behind my place (okay, it’s rue de Rouen between rues Shepherd and Chapleau). Art stuff, and decoration this time. I got roped in to help. My neighbour, pictured up above, got into trying to fasten his tableau to a brick wall. Me, I would have tried to drill […]
Tags: montreal, photos, Plants, Ruelle Verte, ruttan's place
July 19, 2009
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Street Gardening, Woot!
By Jack Ruttan in cats, montreal, ruttan's place, womenThe local Eco Quartier (a little neighbourhood org. that does recycling, gardening, and ecologically-oriented projects) visited the lane behind my apartment, which was generally a down at the heels place, full of burdock and junk. They instigated a project of planting a garden back there. It’s part of an initiative called ruelle verte. Notice these […]
Tags: cats, montreal, photos, Plants, Ruelle Verte, ruttan's place, women
July 18, 2009
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My Beautiful (former) Laundrette
By Jack Ruttan in montrealI’m only getting around to this now (I have a lot of blog posts — mainly stories and photos, backed up. Well, at least one more!) Above is yours truly, along with Sradj Mohamed, a true gentleman. He was the most recent owner of the Laundromat I’ve been going to for 20 years, down the […]
July 6, 2009
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Art in the Street
By Jack Ruttan in montrealIt was a nice day, finally, last Sunday, so I went to rue Ste. Catherine East between Papineau and Berri to take in the FIMA, or Festival Montreal des Arts. Basically, the street is blocked off, and a lot of artists set up there in tents, to display and hawk their wares. I myself did […]
Tags: montreal, photos, visual art